On July 26, 1971, NASA launched Apollo 15, the fourth successful mission to touch down on the moon. The Saturn V rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center at 9:34 a.m. The mission was intended for ...

The Apollo 15 Lunar Module (LM) Falcon set down on the Hadley plains (26.132°N, 3.634°E) a mere 2 kilometers from Hadley Rille. The goals: sample the basalts that compose the mare deposit, explore a ...

On July 26, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 15 mission. Crew for Apollo 15 was Commander David R. Scott, Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin and Command Module Pilot Alfred ...

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission to the moon with one of that mission’s defining moments: a replica of the first of three lunar rovers ...

A Feb. 21 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of an astronaut standing on the moon near an American flag, a lunar module and a lunar rover. “How did the moon buggy fit inside the ...

Apollo 15, the first of the J-series missions, prioritized ambitious scientific objectives, utilizing advanced tools such as a percussive drill, 500mm telephoto lenses, and the Lunar Roving Vehicle ...

A retro-futuristic space truck. A nimble crustacean on wheels. A space-age dune buggy. One will win a multibillion-dollar prize to deploy on a future NASA Artemis mission. But first, we took a ride on ...

A massive new exhibit at Manhattan’s Intrepid Museum, “Apollo: When We Went to the Moon,” takes visitors into space like never before. On display are more than 100 rare relics linked to the historic ...

Some Moon missions get all the glory. Apollo 8 was the first to orbit the Moon. Apollo 11, the first to land. And Apollo 17 was the last crewed mission to the lunar surface — for now. Of course, each ...

Lego is gearing up to deliver a detailed model of the original "rock and rolling ride," the electric buggy driven by NASA's last three Apollo crews to explore the moon. The new Lego Technic "NASA ...

A small piece of the Moon has landed in Bradenton at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature just in time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission. The museum unveiled a new display Wednesday ...